About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

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January 12, 2024

Pacing cup on track to entertain

THE DecoGlaze Ballarat Pacing Cup 2024 is just about to trot around the corner. The city’s biggest annual night of harness racing, including the main...

January 11, 2024

Bekier paints between two worlds

WORK by Russian-Ukrainian Ballarat artist, Tamara Bekier, is the focus of Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition Between Worlds. In mixed media pieces, the expressionist painter...

January 7, 2024

Filmmaking with an impact

AS a teenager, Diana Paez discovered her affinity for photography and filmmaking. Born in Mexico and raised in Colombia, with older brothers living in Australia,...

January 7, 2024

On the trail of Bunny rail story

A NEW book from historian Norman Houghton is proving rail travel was king in a Ballarat of yesteryear. Houghton’s 48-page publication The ‘Bunny’ Line details...

January 5, 2024

RoadNats take a victory lap

THE 2024 Federation University Road National Championships are underway, with the country’s elite cyclists racing in the CBD, and around the Mount Buninyong area...

January 5, 2024

Runway gives start-ups lift-off

THE latest group of entrepreneurs in the Runway Incubator program have showcased their start-up businesses at the Geelong Arts Centre. Three of the up-and-coming enterprises...

December 31, 2023

A look back at 2023

January ELITE cyclists rolled through Ballarat and Buninyong for another year during the Federation University Road National Championships. Over five days, the country’s best riders raced...

December 30, 2023

Tram history on track to live on

WHEN ninety-nine-year-old Jim Maher made a visit to the Royal Mail Hotel recently, he was met by his forty-six-year-old self. As part of the Discover...

December 30, 2023

Connecting to Buninyong’s past

TO step off Warrenheip Street and into the Old Buninyong Library’s reading room is to be taken into the 1860s. Now serving as the town’s...

December 29, 2023

Social scene at society screenings

IN the post-Second World War era, a movement of film societies was born from the British Film Institute. Set up in 1954, the Ballarat Film...

December 29, 2023

Local voice on state LGBTIQA+ taskforce

THE State Government’s next LGBTIQA+ Taskforce and working groups will include a Ballarat-based academic researcher with human rights law expertise. La Trobe University’s Sean Mulcahy...

December 29, 2023

Advice on ag from busy beekeeper

DUNNSTOWN apiarist, Millie Enbom-Goad, has been appointed to the Agriculture Victoria Young Farmers Advisory Council. Also a lawyer in Ballarat, Ms Enbom-Goad is one of...

December 27, 2023

Uni academics highly cited

FEDERATION University researchers have been named some of the world’s most referenced scholars. Elsevier and Stanford University’s 2023 most cited academics list features eight Mount...

December 26, 2023

Scholarships to power energy learning

FUTURE Federation University students enrolled in science courses could be the beneficiaries of a newly announced scholarship program. Energy delivery business AusNet is set to...

December 26, 2023

Castle a treasure chest of fun

ARGH, me hearties! Consider spending the school holidays at Kryal Castle, or you could be walking the plank. The medieval-themed destination’s Pirates and Mermaids in...

December 23, 2023

Players bring comedy to the park

OPEN-air Shakespeare is returning to Kirks Reservoir from Boxing Day. OZACT’s cast of 10 players are staging the comedy, As You Like It, in the...

December 23, 2023

Lions give to leave a legacy

THE Lions Club of Buninyong-Mount Helen has made a gesture of support to the families of defence force veterans who sacrificed their lives or...

December 22, 2023

Hockey club nets grant for goals

HOCKEY goals shot at Prince of Wales Park will be even sharper to watch following a recent financial contribution from Ballarat Connected Communities. Sports club,...

December 19, 2023

Longest day a chance to watch the sky

THE southern solstice is approaching, and community members are being invited to observe the event at the Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum. On Friday 22...

December 19, 2023

Town tickled pink by fundraising record

OCTOBER’S annual Pink Up Linton campaign has raised a record amount of money for the McGrath Foundation. Cristine Gall and her staff at the Linton...

December 18, 2023

Metro, remote heart outcomes on same beat

HISTORIC health data once found discharged heart attack patients faced poor clinical outcomes living in remote regional or rural areas. But new research by a...

December 18, 2023

Unis partner to ignite innovation

THE region’s manufacturing sector is set to be boosted by a new tertiary partnership. Federation University and Deakin University have signed a ManuFutures Ignite program...

December 18, 2023

Women’s club boosts breast cancer care

MEMBERS of volunteer group, Soroptimist International Ballarat have chosen to support those providing care to patients with breast cancer this giving season. The club donated...

December 18, 2023

10 years for world-first satellite club

ALFREDTON Rotary Club members are celebrating a special milestone this December. It’s 10 years since the group chartered as the first-ever satellite Rotary Club, and...

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